Pyongyang Says Tourist Jeffrey Edward Fowle Committed 'Hostile Acts'

SEOUL—North Korean state media said Friday that authorities have detained a U.S. citizen for "hostile acts" against the country.

The terse statement, just two sentences long, didn't specify the alleged crimes, saying merely that while on a tour of North Korea, Jeffrey Edward Fowle committed acts that violated the country's laws. He entered the country on April 29, the report said, and remains under investigation.